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单词 unpillowed
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unpillowedadj.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈpɪləʊd/, U.S. /ˌənˈpɪloʊd/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, pillow v., -ed suffix1; un- prefix1, pillow n., -ed suffix2.
Etymology: Partly < un- prefix1 + pillow v. + -ed suffix1, and partly < un- prefix1 + pillow n. + -ed suffix2. Compare later pillowed adj.
Without a pillow.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > bed > bedding > [adjective] > serving as pillow > without pillow
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1637 J. Milton Comus 13 Perhaps..'Gainst the rugged barke of some broad Elme [she] Leans her unpillow'd head.
1796 M. Mitchell Poems 21 There, unpillow'd, will thou lie.
1868 ‘G. Eliot’ Spanish Gypsy ii. 177 In carved dark-oaken chair, unpillowed, sleeps..a small man.
1925 Motor Boating Nov. 110/2 Sleeping with an inch of clearance between my unpillowed ear and the propeller of a lifeboat.
2011 J. McElroy Night Soul & Other Stories 253 Cupped in the middle of the night in my one unpillowed ear.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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